Update app.py

app.py

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
+from flask_cors import CORS
 import cv2
 import numpy as np
 from sign_language_model import predict_sign_language
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
+CORS(app)  # Allow cross-origin requests for Hugging Face or other external integrations
 
 @app.route('/')
 def home():
@@ -15,8 +17,12 @@ def convert_sign_to_text():
     Accepts an image of a sign language gesture and converts it to text.
     """
     try:
+        # Check if an image file is provided in the request
+        if 'image' not in request.files:
+            return jsonify({"error": "No image file provided", "status": "failure"}), 400
+
         file = request.files['image']
-        image = cv2.imdecode(np.fromstring(file.read(), np.uint8), cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
+        image = cv2.imdecode(np.frombuffer(file.read(), np.uint8), cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
         text = predict_sign_language(image)
         return jsonify({"text": text, "status": "success"}), 200
     except Exception as e:
@@ -39,4 +45,4 @@ def learning_module():
     return jsonify(content), 200
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    app.run(debug=True, use_reloader=False)
+    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=5000, debug=True, use_reloader=False)